In 2001, blogs were very new things. In fact, as much more time was spent arguing talking about what blogs even were, and where they fit into the media landscape than was spent actually, you know, writing in them. In fact, I don't even think the word "blogging" existed back then, and whenever it...

I've been working on Big Bang Theory for the last week. We tape tonight, and tomorrow I immediately start work on an audiobook*. The upshot of this is that I won't have a lot of time to build a setlist for my Awesome Hour at Emerald City Comicon this weekend. So this is where you come in. I need...

I've been working on Big Bang Theory for the last week. We tape tonight, and tomorrow I immediately start work on an audiobook*. The upshot of this is that I won't have a lot of time to build a setlist for my Awesome Hour at Emerald City Comicon this weekend. So this is where you come in. I need...

I've been working on Big Bang Theory for the last week. We tape tonight, and tomorrow I immediately start work on an audiobook*. The upshot of this is that I won't have a lot of time to build a setlist for my Awesome Hour at Emerald City Comicon this weekend. So this is where you come in. I need...

I love this article that you did for the LA Times.
http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2009/06/arcade_games_donkey_kong_centi.php
(Although when you say "gaming" you might be talking boardgames a la Tabletop. That's ok too!)
Unfortunately I won't be making the voyage across the border for this event. Good luck on your panels!

I've been working on Big Bang Theory for the last week. We tape tonight, and tomorrow I immediately start work on an audiobook*. The upshot of this is that I won't have a lot of time to build a setlist for my Awesome Hour at Emerald City Comicon this weekend. So this is where you come in. I need...

Oh no! Did Anne hit her head or something? I'm wondering because I can't think of a single good reason why you shouldn't have a Twilight Zone pin at your house for the occasional nephew visit. I have 2 pins in my living room (disappointingly neither are Twilight Zone) for the sole purpose of niece and nephew visits. They love me the most or one thousand times because of them. ;)

My nephew will be joining Team Humans sometime in July, so today we're having a baby shower for my little sister (who, at 33, isn't little, bit if you're a big brother or sister, you know what I mean.) My brother in law is awesome, even though he's Dallas Cowboys SuperFan Number One Top Guy Fore...

The fact that you are writing again is awesome and I can't wait to see what you come up with next!
We just got back from our Epic Road Trip (tm) which totaled 23 days, 10 states (and technically one province) and 8800 kms. Many adventures were had. We were able to see your latest Big Bang Theory episode when I attended the Sept 27 taping and I thought it was your best work on the show yet! I did have a question about the production. I found the audience comedian/wrangler kind of annoying. I understand that is the usual thing for sitcoms with studio audiences but as an actor do you find it distracting?
Tomorrow is back to reality, back to work but like you I feel like my brain has been reset and is ready to do science again. Stand back.

I'm having a great time writing this thing that I can't get too specific about, but I'm severely blocked on today's work, so I thought I'd talk about writing instead of writing, in the hopes that it shakes up my brain and lets me get back to writing. When I write fiction, the first thing I do is...

Damn! We left Vancouver this morning on our Epic Roadtrip (tm) and it will find us in LA for the Sept 27 taping of TBBT*, missing Evil Wil Wheaton by one week. Damn!
*Well...I have a ticket and my husband has a standby ticket. The Internet tubes were blocked with pr0n and horse racing bets that morning (or it's just a damn popular show) preventing his name being one if the lucky 200. Fingers crossed for him!

I spent a lot of time at Warner Brothers last week. While I was there, I saw my friend Kaley, and we took a silly picture: Then I remembered that I'm Evil, so we took another picture: And if you haven't solved the puzzle by now, this is why I was there: Check out how I totally play thi...

Woo hoo! We're heading out on a 6500km roadtrip in September/October and I've been looking for some good audio. Already have the "We're Alive" zombie podcast loaded and ready. This will fit quite nicely!

I love narrating audiobooks, because it gives me a rare opportunity to combine my love of reading with my love of performing into something that hopefully entertains people, and gets the Bursar at Ryan's college off my back for another month. I did a few when I was much younger (Huck Finn, Tom S...

Good point. I had to bail on the meet and greet myself because I had a 2+ hour drive home to Vancouver so I forgot about that part when considering the show length.
Ended up I was up for 22 hours straight (work/classes, 5 hours driving, 4 hour show) and it was worth it.

My first post for Techland went up yesterday morning: I just got home from performing two w00tstock shows in Chicago and Minneapolis. w00tstock is a sort of nerd variety show that I produce with Paul and Storm, and Adam Savage. We and an ever-changing lineup of invited guests perform geek-relat...

People actually want LESS show for their money?
*Coming from someone who saw the Seattle show and felt I missed out on the Portland show because of length and awesomeness.*
PS I realize people have reasons for wanting to know a show's length (babysitters etc) BUT STILL!!!! Would you tell (insert favourite band here) to not do so many encores???

My first post for Techland went up yesterday morning: I just got home from performing two w00tstock shows in Chicago and Minneapolis. w00tstock is a sort of nerd variety show that I produce with Paul and Storm, and Adam Savage. We and an ever-changing lineup of invited guests perform geek-relat...

I was nine and home sick that day too. I remember my mom was sick too, taking a nap and I woke her to tell her the shuttle exploded. She said something like "oh no, that teacher was on it" and somehow at age nine, the fact that a teacher had died seemed even worse.
It didn't stop me from applying for the Canadian space program in 2008 - only the 3rd recruitment program in Canada and the first time I would be eligible. The application process was long and I knew my chances were slim (they were only choosing 2 people) so I wasn't devastated that I didn't make it. But for one summer I got to dream that I might just get to be an astronaut.

On January 28, 1986, I was home from school with the flu. I remember that, no matter what I did, I couldn't get warm, so I was sitting in a hot bath when my mom knocked on the bathroom door. "There was an accident with the space shuttle," she said, in the same voice she used when she told me th...

Okay, how awesome is that poster? Rich Stevens designed it for us. A T-shirt version will be available at all the 2.x shows, until we sell out of them. So it turns out that w00tstock 2.x kicks off tomorrow with 2.0 in Seattle, and 2.1 on Saturday in Portland. I've been so busy with so many...

If you're interested in picking up some new boardgames, you could head out on the Skytrain (~35min) to the best boardgame store around. http://www.cravingforagame.ca/ The guy that runs it, Buck, is an absolute expert in explaining games plus he is the best matchmaker for what you are into/what you feel like for a boardgame. Vancouver has http://www.drexollgames.com/ but Craving for a Game is worth the trip.
Maryanne

Greetings from Vancouver, where I sit high above the city, looking out over a balcony, through a sliding glass door that I dare not open, because single digit temperatures in Celsius are just as cold as their Fahrenheit cousins. If you're joining the broadcast late, I'm here for an episode of Eu...

Something I haven't seen mentioned yet....
Stroll through Chinatown, grab some food and take a break at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
http://www.vancouverchinesegarden.com/
Have fun!
Maryanne
PS also taking notes for myself - getting new ideas for your own city is awesome!

Greetings from Vancouver, where I sit high above the city, looking out over a balcony, through a sliding glass door that I dare not open, because single digit temperatures in Celsius are just as cold as their Fahrenheit cousins. If you're joining the broadcast late, I'm here for an episode of Eu...

Us Vancouverites will try and roll out the good weather carpet for you though we may have used it all up for the Olympics. Sorry.
PS: I'm glad your Kings made it to the playoffs for you this year but I'm sorry my Canucks are going all the way. ;) (It's gotta happen at least once in my lifetime!)

I'm heading up to Vancouver later this week to shoot an episode of Eureka! The SyFy (I know they're my new employers, but it still pains me to write that) Channel put out the following press release this morning: Actor, author and blogger Wil Wheaton of the popular television series Star Trek: ...

Oh so that's what's been stopping me from starting my blog, podcast or million other creative things that I want to do but always cockblock myself. Hmmmm...now that it's out in the light I hope to conquer it. Thanks Wil.

You know about the Blue Car Syndrome, right? It says that when you buy a blue car, you suddenly start seeing blue cars everywhere. It doesn't mean that there are actually more blue cars than before, it just means that you're more aware of them. About a month ago, I read something about The Lizar...

Thanks for the PDF! Dancing Barefoot is my only Wil Wheaton (TM) product I haven't acquired yet. I'm holding out for the audiobook and would prefer the "super annotated" version. Just curious, would you get more $$ from a purchase of a Dancing Barefoot audiobook than if I went to the "super mega" bookstore and picked up a hard copy? (It's a "I would like to support you the most efficient way possible" sort of a question.)
-maryanne

I've had such a great experience using Lulu to sell Sunken Treasure and Memories of the Future, Volume One, I have decided to start out 2010 by moving the audio versions of The Happiest Days of Our Lives and Just A Geek to Lulu. It made a lot of sense to me to keep all of my self-published work ...

I actually got a knock-off slap-chop last xmas. I'm not too ashamed to say it's actually handy when prepping a bunch of veggies (carrots, celery, onions, garlic) for chilies and soups. Not so good with tomatoes and fresh herbs but everyone says they love my nuts! :)

While you're out doing your last minute holiday shopping, you may happen upon a little device known as The Slap Chop. You may have seen it on TV, and you may have heard that it purports to: "Chop up vegetables, nuts, & fruits, quickly and easily" with just a few simple slaps. And who doesn't lik...

I'm way late to the party on this, but I just started reading Spook Country this week. Unlike most Gibson books I've read, it doesn't ramp up slowly, and instead hits the ground running (that's not a bad thing). I'm only 30 pages in (it's been a busy week without a lot of time to read) but I'm p...

Happy Anniversary! My hubby and I celebrated 5 years married/16 years together this year. It is great to have married my favourite person!
I had a younger co-worker ask me recently if my husband and I talk a lot still. It seemed like an odd question. It's natural for us to be talking ALL day long whether it be texts, tweets or emails while working. On the days I work during the day and he works at night, we usually end up talking into the wee hours of the morning when he gets home. We talk about our day, debate politics, discuss ideas for the house, new websites, new video games, tons of geeky stuff. It seemed like it was a real eye opener for her as she doesn't have that in her current relationship. Really kind of sad.
Congrats again. That is an awesome photo of you two! Wishing you many more happy years together!

My dog Ferris, who was rescued from a bus stop in Monrovia by my wife Anne almost exactly 8 years ago, had a heart attack and died this morning. It happened very quickly, and I was with her, which is supposed to make me feel better, but at this moment all I can feel is nearly-unbearable sorrow, ...

It was just over six months ago that I came on here, all full of vim and vigor, talking, apparently out of my ass, about gettin' fit and losin' weight and bein' all that I could be. You remember… I made the funny cover of me on my own version of O magazine. It was shore 'nuf funny stuff. Goo...

Too bad you didn't head up to Seattle last weekend before going to Portland. You could have taken in the NW Pinball and Gameroom show. ~250 pinball and arcade games to play PLUS almost everyone from King of Kong were there - Steve Wiebe, Mr. Awesome, Walter Day, Mark Alpiger and Billy Mitchell, while not there of course, sent a case of hot sauce. Great gaming fun!

Greetings from Portland! I'm here for the next few days to work on an episode of Leverage, playing a character who I have a few things in common with, as evidenced by something that happened earlier today during my costume fitting. The costume designer is an incredibly kind and easy going woman....

Living in Vancouver, I am a Canucks fan by birth. Nothing pissed me off more than the last time they changed the jerseys, they changed all the banners we have won to match. WTF? We weren't wearing those colors when we won them. What happened to the original one's that were hoisted? Did you put them on Ebay? While your at it, why don't you change the conference names on the banners too because they don't exist anymore.
Grumble, grumble. Sigh.
PS +10 for Tiger Williams mention. Ride the stick FTW!

Sunday morning, Nolan and I watched the Penguins play the Capitals in the NHL's game of the week on NBC. It was considerably more exciting than the previous week's contest between alleged rivals the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers, where someone forgot to tell the Rangers to show up and...